NASA makes Mars discovery 'for the history books'

[Marky]

They have confirmed they have found organic compounds on mars. However thay are not confirming its native to mars as yet.

In layman's terms? Does it mean there could have been life on Mars in the past?

 

[Cosimo]

OK besides the jokes, what's the information?

This:

NASA ‏@NASA

The @MarsCuriosity has found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil! http://go.nasa.gov/TEUy0q

Leading to this:

"We have no definitive detection of Martian organics at this point, but we will keep looking in the diverse environments of Gale Crater," said SAM Principal Investigator Paul Mahaffy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

 

[Herman Gelmet]

So is it related to prime quadruplets, or the number 11?

 

[Zbornak]

So, the big announcement was to announce that they're not sure if they have detected organisms?

 

[Edward78]

Santa Claus?

No, that is on Neptune, they had it on Futurama once. Joking aside, be awesome to know what it is.

 

[Glaucus]

edit - wrong thread

 

[TaKeN]

Orgasms found on Mars!?